wishy-washy
Example Sentences
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It was when it reported on matters of which I had zero awareness: my HRV balance, for example, or my chronotype, albeit a wishy-washy “late morning,” a designation I plan to flip to early bird.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
RFK Jr. then went on Joe Rogan’s podcast and made some wishy-washy remarks about the whole thing, including that glyphosate is “not a good thing to have in your food.”
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026
She gives every impression she might regard that nickname as a bit wishy-washy, a bit namby-pamby.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
If the wishy-washy, parable-making and haywire everything else won’t cohere into true beauty or credible horror, then camp it is.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024
Charley Bloom was a tall, affable, sincere, although somewhat wishy-washy and also quite tormented man.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
